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Friday, May 18^{th -}complimentary beer & wine and a preview of the featured artists and exhibits coming to the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia on June 7-9, 2012.

Where: FotoDC FotoSpace 1838 Columbia Rd. NW
Time: 6-8pm, featured projection at 7pm.

Coming on June 7 - 9, the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (www.look3.org) is taking over downtown Charlottesville, VA for 3 days of peace, love, and photography. LOOK3 will host world-renowned photographers for a full weekend of gallery exhibitions, artist interviews, outdoor projections, book signings, and workshops. Festival passes sell out early every year so get your tickets soon. To see the full schedule, artist bios, and purchase tickets visit www.look3.org.

Jim Wells - memorial service & lecture series

Linda Grant— Jim Wells’ wife — called to say that donations in Jim’s name could be made to the WHNPA Lecture Series. Establishing a recurring educational program - the “Jim Wells Memorial Lecture” - will be a fitting way to keep Jim’s memory and work alive for future generations.

You can send contributions to:

WHNPA

PO Box 7119 Ben Franklin Station

Washington, Dc 20144-7119

Check memo notation: Jim Wells lecture fund

Also, Heidi will see that the Wells family receives any cards or letters you wish to send.

The funeral service will be this Saturday, May 19th, in Rankin Chapel on the Howard University campus at 11AM. Just prior there will be a chance to gather with the family from 10-11AM in the Rankin Chapel. Immediately following the services will be repast at the Blackburn Gallery on Howard Campus. Interment will follow at Lincoln Memorial Cemetery at 401 Suitland Road, Suitland, Maryland.

In Memoriam: Jim Wells

It is with deep sadness that we inform you of the passing of longtime friend, colleague and WHNPA member Jim Wells.

Jim passed way on Friday and arrangements are pending. Please find service and other details on the In Memoriam page on the whnpa web site: www.whnpa.org as they become available.

Jim was a staff photographer for the New York bureau of the Associated Press from 1970-1973 and as an editorial magazine photographer in West Africa from 1968-1970. Wells was a photographer for ICF Doubleday, the National Geographic Society, a general assignment photographer for Life magazine from 1968-1970, a contract general assignment photographer from1968-1970 for Time magazine, and Washingtonian magazine. Wells was an adjunct professor of photography at the University of the District of Columbia, a position he has held since 1983, and was a lecturer in photography at Howard University’s College of Fine Arts in Washington, DC from 1978-79.

WHNPA president Ron Sachs said: “Jim Wells was one of the most respected members of the WHNPA. He was a pioneer and a teacher. Among his many awards and accolades, Jim was The Exposure Group’s recipient of the 2003 Maurice Sorrell Lifetime Achievement Award. I have had the privilege of knowing Jim for the past 4 decades. It was always a treat for me to see Jim and spend time with him at WHNPA meetings and galas over these many years. Many student photographers at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia have benefitted from his mentoring and friendship. Jim will be missed. Condolences to his wife Linda and their family.”

Jim was a member of the WHNPA since 1968 and many of you remember his smiling face as he handed you your goodie bags at the end of many, many award galas… as recently a last weekend. Jim was a devoted member of the association and will be deeply missed.

photo/Dennis Brack

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=james-l-wells&pid=157664409&fhid=4278

FOTODC presents a LOOK3
Festival preview at FotoSpace

Start next weekend off with a fun get together and drinks on Friday, May 18^{th -}complimentary beer & wine and a preview of the featured artists and exhibits coming to the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph in Charlottesville, Virginia on June 7-9, 2012.

Where: FotoDC FotoSpace 1838 Columbia Rd. NW
Time: 6-8pm, featured projection at 7pm.

Coming on June 7 - 9, the LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph (www.look3.org) is taking over downtown Charlottesville, VA for 3 days of peace, love, and photography. LOOK3 will host world-renowned photographers for a full weekend of gallery exhibitions, artist interviews, outdoor projections, book signings, and workshops. Festival passes sell out early every year so get your tickets soon. To see the full schedule, artist bios, and purchase tickets visit www.look3.org.

Mothers Day Specials from Ace Photo

Check out the camera sale!

2012 Journalists Memorial Rededication Ceremony

> WHEN: Monday, May 14, at 10 a.m. (Media check-in begins at 9 a.m.)
> WHERE: Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Knight Studio, Level 3
> (Check in at the Sixth Street entrance)
> RSVP: Jonathan Thompson, jothompson@newseum.org or 202/292-6353

WASHINGTON — At 10 a.m. on Monday, May 14, the Newseum will rededicate its Journalists Memorial, which honors newspeople who died or were killed in the pursuit of news. The names of 70 journalists who died covering the news in 2011 will be added to the memorial, along with two journalists from previous years.

The keynote speaker at the ceremony will be Alejandro Junco, president and CEO of Grupo Reforma, which publishes El Norte, Reforma and Mural in Mexico. For more than 30 years, Junco has been a leader in establishing an independent press in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries for journalists in the world.

After the ceremony, there will be a special presentation to the Newseum of personal items that belonged to photojournalists Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington, who were killed in Libya last year. These artifacts will be loaned to the Newseum for display in an exhibit that documents the risks journalists take to report the news around the world. Christina Piaia, who was engaged to Hondros, and Michael Kamber, a photojournalist and colleague of Hetherington’s, will present the items and make brief remarks in the Journalists Memorial.

With the addition of these 72 names, the memorial will honor a total of 2,156 reporters, photographers, broadcasters and news executives from around the world, dating back to 1837.

To view the names of journalists on the memorial, including those being added this year, please visit the Journalists Memorial website.

Most Dangerous Countries for Journalists in 2011
Iraq and Pakistan: 7 deaths in each

Libya and Chile: 5 deaths in each (In Chile, a single plane crashed killed five journalists.)

Mexico and Somalia: 4 deaths in each

» AP photographer Charles Dharapak to speak at Federal Hall on May 12th

NEW YORK — “The American President,” an exhibit of compelling news photos from The Associated Press, is on view at Federal Hall National Memorial, 26 Wall St., through the end of the year.

In conjunction with the exhibit, AP White House photographer Charles Dharapak, recently named Photographer of the Year by White House News Photographers Association, will speak at Federal Hall at 2 p.m. on May 12.

Dharapak will present an array of images that he’s taken during his years covering President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, as well as the past three presidential campaigns. He will offer stories behind the photos and insights into how he looks for fresh angles when accompanying the leader of the free world.

Drawn from AP Images’ vast photo archive, the display shows American presidents at war and at ease, in victory and in defeat, confronting national crises and facing personal scandals, running for office and leading the country on the world stage.

The exhibit, set in the rotunda of the National Park Service landmark that stands where George Washington was sworn in as the nation’s first president in 1789, will be on view through the end of the year.

In an introduction written specially for the exhibit, former President George H.W. Bush says: “The men and women who have covered the White House for the AP dating back to the middle part of the 19th Century have truly had a ‘front-row seat to history.’ Through their lenses, succeeding generations of AP ‘photodogs’ have captured both the ecstasy and agony of the American Presidency, and contributed in important ways to the historical record of each administration.”

The new exhibit helps illustrate one constant in the ever-shifting media landscape. The coverage of the White House by AP reporters and photographers has been the dominant source of presidential news across the U.S. and around the world.

“The American President” features a number of AP’s Pulitzer Prize-winning images, including Paul Vathis’ view of John F. Kennedy conferring gravely with his predecessor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, at Camp David after the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 and Ron Edmonds’ split-second documentation of the 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan.

The more than 80 photos underscore the need for AP photojournalists assigned to cover the White House to always keep their eyes on the president, so they won’t miss those revealing, unexpected moments that could easily dominate thousands of front pages and websites around the world.

Visiting hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except on the weekend days of 12 and 19, when Federal Hall will also be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

For further information about Federal Hall, visitors may call 212-825-6990, or go to www.nps.gov/feha.

About AP

The Associated Press is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world’s population sees news from AP. On the Web: www.ap.org.

For further information about “The American President:”

Paul Colford
Director of Media Relations
The Associated Press
pcolford@AP.org

Erin Madigan White
Media Relations Manager
emadigan@AP.org

212.621.1720

» 7th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Right to Record in Public

http://blogs.nppa.org/advocacy/2012/05/08/7th-circuit-court-of-appeals-upholds-right-to-record-in-public/

» Horst Faas, AP Photographer Who Brought World Compelling Images Of Vietnam, Dies At 79

» Friends of Anton - MAY 15 auction at Christie's

If you can’t make it to the auction, here’s the ABSENTEE BIDDING INFORMATION

MEDIA CONTACTS:

David Brabyn Ms. Bronwyn Friedlander Friends of Anton Friends of Anton New York London +1 917 267 8492 +44 (0)7939 320 759 press@friendsofanton.org email

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

First-ever auction of contemporary photojournalism prints at Christie’s to be held May 15 in New York to support family of freelance photographer Anton Hammerl killed in Libya

Acclaimed photographers from around the world donate prints to honor the memory of Anton Hammerl and support his family

New York, NY – April 11, 2012 – Non-profit Friends of Anton is organizing the first auction of contemporary photojournalism prints ever held at Christie’s on May 15th 2012 in New York to raise funds for the three young children of freelance photojournalist Anton Hammerl who was killed by the Libyan regime last year.

On April 5, 2011 South African freelance photographer Anton Hammerl went missing after coming under fire from Gaddafi loyalists. For 44 days his family was told repeatedly by the Libyan regime that he was alive and well. The truth is he was left to die in the desert. A campaign is currently underway to locate and recover his remains.

Anton Hammerl working in Brega, 1 April 2011.
Photo: Unai Aranzadi.

2011 was one of the worst years for photojournalism with 3 deaths in addition to Anton’s, followed by yet another in 2012. Besides raising funds for Anton’s 11, 8 and 1 year-old children the evening aims to highlight the sacrifices made by photographers – particularly freelancers – who assume great risks to bring back images to agencies, magazines, publishers and readers worldwide, often with little backup.

Signed prints by some of the world’s leading photographers – including Sebastiao Salgado, Alec Soth, Christopher Anderson, Ed Kashi, Yuri Kozyrev, Larry Fink, Kenneth Jarecke, Lynsey Addario, Susan Meiselas, Ron Haviv, David Burnett, Joao Silva, Bruce Davidson, Greg Marinovich, Samuel Aranda, Roger Ballen and Vincent Laforet – will be auctioned off by Christie’s Senior Vice President Lydia Fenet.

“The upcoming ‘Friends of Anton’ auction at Christie’s is a milestone in contemporary photojournalism”, says New York-based collector Alan L. Paris, “As a collector of photojournalism, I am particularly excited because this is the first ever auction dedicated to contemporary photojournalism. The contributors are top notch, the photos are of the highest quality, the material is fresh to the marketplace, and it is all for a very good cause.”

- Christie’s is located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020.
- Auction: 6:30pm, May 15th, 2012.
- 501c(3) Reporters Without Borders is the fiscal sponsor of this all-volunteer evening, which is made possible by the generous assistance of Christie’s, Innovative Philanthropy and Edelman.

Recording History: an exhibition of the photographs of Dennis Brack

Dennis Brack Five Presidents

photo/Dennis Brack

The exhibition opens on May 11th at Washington and Lee University, Williams Gallery at Huntley Hall, The Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, Lexington
Virginia.

Dennis Brack’s photographs cover ten Presidential administrations and a view
of some of the major news stories of the last five decades: civil rights,
riots, wars, war protests social issues and trends. A mosaic of TIME and
NEWSWEEK covers by Dennis Brack is a key feature in a section of the exhibit
of his photographs of the people in the news.

On Friday May 11th from 4:30-5:30 there will be an opening reception and remarks
by Dennis Brack about his photographs. A selection of photographs can be
obtained for the promotion of this exhibition. For more information: Fran
Pepper peppersf@gmail.com or Dennis Brack dennis@dennisbrack.com 703 622 5949

The Williams Gallery hours: 8:30a.m. To 5:00p.m. M-F
May 11-September 9, 2012.W&L Parking Garage available to the public
http://williams.wlu.edu/gallery

Note: A panel discussion titled, “Washington and the Lens” will be held
Friday May 11th from 3 to 4 PM, Reid Hall, Washington and Lee University.
Panelists: Scott Ferrell, staff photographer, THE NATIONAL JOURNAL,
CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY, Bruce Young, W&L ‘82 photojournalist FOX 21/27.
Jennifer Law Young, Freelance Multimedia Specialist,and Dennis Brack. The
panel moderator is Pat Hinley W&L ’ 83, Washington & Lee University
photographer.

The exhibition was designed by David and Hannah Kleber.

Production of this exhibit was made possible through the generous support of
the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at
Austin. The Briscoe Center is the archive for Dennis Brack’s Photographs.
All photographs are from the Dennis Brack Photographic Archive at the Dolph
Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.
For more information: Alison Beck | Associate Director for Special Projects
| al.beck@austin.utexas.edu | (512) 495-4556 phone | (512) 495-4542 fax |
www.cah.utexas.edu <http://www.cah.utexas.edu>

Success!

Sarah got her stuff back! Happy ending … Thanks, everyone!

Check your bags!

Sarah V’s iphone, car keys, purse and a few other personal items placed in the black tote that was handed out last night are missing. We’re hoping that someone grabbed it by mistake and don’t yet realize they have it so …check your bags, please.

Photos from last night’s party…

The first batch of photos from last night’s gala at the Ritz-Carlton are online on our events page at http://www.whnpa.org/events/ and they also are posted on our facebook page. Here are a few to give you an idea… more to come…

At the Ritz-Carlton

Thanks to our MC, Kelly O’Donnell of NBC, for keeping things running smoothly throughout the evening.

Upload your party photos with tag #whnpa so we can see what you captured tonight - official WHNPA event photography will be posted later!

Thanks to all our sponsors & friends, this year’s goodie bag included a backpack and a lens wrapper from Tiffen/Domke, an umbrella from NIkon Professional Services, and an HDMI converter from PNY. United Airlines gave away two sets of airline tickets, and there was a raffle for a Nikon D800 camera! There also was an announcement about Nikon Photo Day at the Newseum - WHNPA members will receive complimentary Newseum admission on Nov 17 for themselves and one guest with membership card.

Dinner was delicious - something for meat-eaters and vegetarians.
And you can’t go wrong with a bit of chocolate for dessert!